ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,487,048, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to BOWTECH LLC (Eugene, Ore.).
"Archery arrow rest cord tensioning system" was invented by Trevor Crowell (Brownsville, Ore.), Jacob Jurasevich (Eugene, Ore.), Kyle Egerdee (Fergus, Canada) and Cole Jessup (Cambridge, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fall away arrow rest system for use with an archery bow. The arrow rest system includes a launcher that is adapted to support a shaft of an arrow prior to firing the arrow. Upon firing the arrow, the launcher rotates from an upright position to a lowered position to move out of the way by the time the tail region of the arrow passes by the launch...